Designing in Wood-Results of a Survey among Architects in Portugal

—This paper presents the results of the survey carried out with architects working in Portugal, regarding wooden construction. The study was carried out between 2021 and 2022 at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Lisbon, and corresponds to a phase of the work of the first author aiming to his PhD degree in Architecture (in the field of Construction Technologies and Management), which addresses the applicability of the CLT (Cross-laminated Timber) system to mid-rise housing construction in Portugal. The survey aims to know the openness that currently exists by architects in Portugal regarding the use of wood as a constructive option, as well as the main difficulties that the architecture sector encounters when designing in wood. The results allow to characterize the current situation of designing and building in wood in Portugal, and to identify potentialities and difficulties. The results are useful for the development of ongoing research, and, in the near future, to design strategies in order to overcome any identified constraints.